ligoteo
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el ligoteo
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (colloquial) (act of looking for casual sexual relationships) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. hooking up (colloquial) (verb)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
El ligoteo es lo único que te preocupa; yo, en cambio, busco amor, verdadero amor.Hooking up is all you care about, whereas I'm looking for love, true love.
b. pickup (colloquial) (adjective)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Nos conocimos en un garito de ligoteo.We met at a pickup joint.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Sandro consigue sus citas con aplicaciones de ligoteo.Sandro gets his dates from dating apps.
Selena y Margarita se van de ligoteo a la discoteca todos los sábados.Selena and Margarita go out to pick up men every Saturday at the night club.
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